Uptown BBQ & Soulfood
| Address: | 15700 Livernois Ave, Detroit, MI 48238, USA |
| Phone: | +1 313-861-7590 |
| Site: | uptownbbqdetroit.com |
| Rating: | 3.6 |
| Working: | 11AM–12AM 11AM–12AM 11AM–12AM 11AM–12AM 11AM–2AM 11AM–2AM 11AM–12AM |
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Curtisha Powers
I have been eating here for many many years and recommending to many friends as well as coworkers, I can say that the BBQ used to be above all elses. Now over this past year or 2 uptown has really been a HUGE DISAPPOINTMENT! Not once but multiple times. Starting with the service, servers are rude, never pleasant to look at or deal with. Their faces are always turned up and ugly looking, very uninviting. They dont listen and get upset when you try to correct them with your order that you are spending your money on. Next the BBQ has not been quality the way it used to be, meat is tough and the sauce is very loose and not as flavorful. The sides never taste the same meaning one day they are good and the next theyre terrible! And last but not least the portions have gotten ridiculously small for their prices. I get it you have to make a profit but for Christ sake you are losing so many loyal customers for a few dollars, is it really worth it uptown? After today I will not be returning as its a holiday (July 4th) and I just wanted good BBQ/soul food! Instead I got a skimpy box with loose mac and cheese, 8 to 10 BBQ rib tip pieces and a few table spoons of green beans. Very disappointing
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Eugene Cowan III
I rated this business by the service, the price, and the food. I called in to order a a carry out at 7pm, the person who answered the phone told me that they were not taking call in orders because they were switching shifts and to call back at 7:30, i shouldve stopped there but I did. The price was decent, $24 for two full meals, not bad. I knew I would eat half and have half as lunch tomorrow. I arrived at Uptown 20 minutes after she told me it was ready. I still had to wait for 10 minutes. I ordered the 1/2 chicken BBQ dinner. It came with two sides. We ordered another side of corn. The macaroni.....no words. Not because it was delicous, I am still trying to figure out how they ruined the mac! The cream of corn was too thick. The only reason I gave this place 3 stars is because the chicken was perfect! The chicken was tender, cooked evenly, even tho the breast was a tad bit dry. The BBQ sauce is really good as well. The yams were OK. I have had the mac and cheese before maybe this was a bad night but I think Ill stick to meat only from now on. If I can get over the service.
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Co Williams
I should have left once I saw the parking lot is full of huge potholes...so def park on the street. Arrived a 220 today, stood in line to place an order at 255 even tho while standing there I saw flies flying in the food area. The lady made my 2 dinners and sat them to the side only to tell me there would be a wait for the wings Now its 310 and I have my order and Debit card out and the girl said the register wasnt working and cash only....So thats means if I didnt have cash, then what after Ive been here an hour???? the food was ok, but certainly not worth the wait, observation of how dirty Uptown is and how inconsiderate the cashie/order taker is.
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Meah Tweh
I got dinner from here yesterday - 2 Rib Tips with 1/4 chicken Dinners w/ two sides. The macaroni & cheese was horrible, very mushy and bland. The greens tasted like smoke, not smoked...but they tasted like cigarette smoke. My rib tips were horrible. I gave the 1/4 chicken away because I didnt want to be sick. The best thing was the cornbread. The food has gone DOWNHILL over the years I guess. ( I hadnt been there in 6 years). For almost $30 I was highly disappointed and expected more from a "soul food" restaurant in the neighborhood. Yuck!
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A Private User
In my never ending search for hole in the wall places to eat in Detroit, I came acorss Uptown BBQ. The first thing that caught my eye was that they were open at 2am during the week! They stay open till 3am! Even at that late hour, the staff inside were wonderful! And the food.....well they can BBQ some ribs there! I had the Pork Ribs while my Bud had the Pork Chops, both just perfect. But they were nothing compared to the Peach Cobbler they serve! If you are ever on Livernois in Detroit stop at Uptown. And remember Peach Cobbler!
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Domonique Diamond
Well my mom is in nursing home and uses a wheelchair she wanted to go to Uptown barbeque so i drove her there she gave me her debit card and I.D to purchase the food buy when i got up to the window the cashier said the card holder is the only one to purchase the food I TOLD THEM MY MOM IS IN WHEEL CHAIR SHE CANT WALK GOOD CAN YOUR MANAGER COME OUT AND LOOK AT HER THROUGH THE WINDOW HE SAYS NO SO OK SO YOU DONT WANT OR NEED MY BUSINESS AND YOUR NOT CONSIDERATE OF YOUR CUSTOMERS SO YOUVE DEFINITELY LOST US.
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Callan Eschenburg
Great place for some of my favorite ribs in town. When the ribs are great they are probably the best in town, but very rarely it seems like Ive gotten a batch that is just pretty good instead of the normal greatness. Id give 4.5 if I could but this only lets me rate full stars, so 4 stars for a little bit of inconsistency now and then. Still always worth a stop if youre in the area. Ribs, mac and cheese, fried shrimp, dressing with gravy, and corn are always good.
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Joel
Just had a takeout lunch from Uptown BBQ. The price was good, and the food was spectacular. Meal: Smothered Pork Chop Collard Greens Black-eyed Peas Muffin They had a lunch special running for $5.99. They accept credit for a $0.50 charge. The food seemed to be all scratch-made. The collard greens were great, the pork chop was exquisite, but the black eyed peas were the best park. Ill be going back there again for sure.
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Keisha Glenn
Tried to call and place an order. The man who answered to phone was unnecessarily curt and rude. He said he was the manager, James. I questioned whether I should call back later to try and place an order, and he was verrry rude. This saddens me because the one other time I ordered from there the food was really good, but I will not patronize the business again. I hope the owner considers a new manager.
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Nyiema Vee
The service was ok. I ordered the $7 rib tip lunch special with greens and cornbread dressing. Both sides were nice although the greens were a bit salty. The rib tips were hard, chewy and over cooked. Very unsatisfied with the fact that I had to pay an additional $1 for a separate container for my sides and $0.75 for a tiny cup of BBQ sauce for my dry old ribs. Wont be coming back. Grand total $9.26
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Vanessa Guardiola
I ordered 2 rib tip dinners with Mac & Cheese and dressing. The meat was fairly dryin many places & the dressing was just absolutely dry, unfortunatelyeven the corn bread was over baked. Was quite excited to grab this to go as I live 3 hours away. Next time Ill give someone else a try. I was just in 2 weeks ago while in town ordered a rib tip dinners it was much better.
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Gerald Barber
Food is good 90 percent of the time but for as long as Ive patronized Uptown BBQ its bn Slow and Ive NEVER ordered anything that needed to be cooked? No way it cant be quicker than it is considering the food is right there, obviously this isnt a problem worth addressing for management even though judging by the reviews, Im obviously not the first to say this.
